What was the most humorous situation that you ever encountered with a service member that was higher ranking?

2016-08-27T12:32:07-04:00

Response by SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL made Aug 27 at 2016 1:02 PM

2016-08-27T13:02:01-04:00

SPC Margaret Higgins my 1SG forgot his underwears, he had to borrow some from me, we cloned him for awhile, during NTC!

Response by Capt Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 27 at 2016 1:06 PM

2016-08-27T13:06:56-04:00

It was with my roommate, not me. Willie was running late for work and ran directly into General Curtis LeMay as LeMay was coming into the terminal. Willie said excuse me Sir, I am running late for work. The general, well then son get on your way.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 27 at 2016 1:11 PM

2016-08-27T13:11:49-04:00

Brig. Gen. Leslie Smith, 20th Spt. (CBRNE) commander ordered me to smile when he shook my hand at the end of the competition. I didn't win. I failed the "pushups" portion of the modified APFT because my elbows flared out. Just a little butthurt.

Your turn, SPC Margaret Higgins. I've got many where that came from.

https://www.dvidshub.net/image/412250/cbrne-soldiers-year-chosen

CBRNE Soldiers of Year Chosen

Brig. Gen. Leslie Smith, 20th Spt. (CBRNE) commander, congratulates Spc. Stephen Hair as Sgt. Maj. Ronald Orosz, 20th Spt. (CBRNE) command sergeant major, presents the Soldier of the Year trophy.

Response by Sgt Dianna Henson made Aug 27 at 2016 1:47 PM

2016-08-27T13:47:17-04:00

MSgt (at the time was married but separated and living with girlfriend), asks me (at the time also married but seperated) asked me how my "roommate" was doing. "He's doing good sir, how's you're roommate?"
Both of us are now married to our "roommates".

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 27 at 2016 2:05 PM

2016-08-27T14:05:16-04:00

I once had a Chaplain (Captain type) ask me for help changing a tire, since their truck tire had deflated. The amusing part was, not only did they have no idea how to change said tire, but they called me from 6 miles away to come help them, rather than asking a passerby.

I think what I found most amusing about it was that this Chaplain trusted me, above everyone else they work with, to come help (even though I am easily the most "vulgar, crass, offensive and often disrespectful person" they've ever met, according to what they've said).

Response by SFC George Smith made Aug 27 at 2016 4:46 PM

2016-08-27T16:46:05-04:00

... OK Here It Goes...

We Were In The Philippines during a BadgePack/Balakatan JCET when an O-3 team Leader got a Bit full of the Local "San Mogul / Red Horse" Beer.
He , Being from the southwest decided to show off his Quick Draw and Pistol spinning abilities... ( Not to Smart with a 1911 Government Model a few days before the M-9s)
He had an AD and the round hit the Ground in front of the Commander of The Local Philippine Base
His team Sgt. Calmly walked over removed the weapon from The Officer and cleared it politely Took him by the Hand and walked him back to The Tents and Tucked him in... The next morning with one Heck of Headache we Boarded a HH-3 and was flown Back to Clark Airbase and quietly returned to Okinawa... and he had Been PCS ed by the Time we got back 5 weeks Later...
But the Funniest thing was the Look on "Dai Uy's" face when the .45 went Bang!... and watching Team Daddy walk Him Home with the .45 in his back pocket... and the commander walk off shaking His Head... Saying he's a "Crazy Cowboy" in Tagalog...

Don't ask if you don't want to Know...
"I got a million of 'em..."

DOL...

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 27 at 2016 5:21 PM

2016-08-27T17:21:10-04:00

One of the three full birds in the garrison at one point was walking out of a building in her ACUs. I noticed she started grabbing her pockets, and then just looked around and shrugged before exiting the building without a pc just holding her hand over her head.

Response by SN Greg Wright made Aug 27 at 2016 5:49 PM

2016-08-27T17:49:27-04:00

Not me personally, but I observed:

A Naval Captain was in our SCIF, and called someone (who turned out to be a Major), identifying himself as 'Captain so-and-so', in order to chew them out for something. (I don't remember the specifics). The Major took umbrage to a 'mere' Captain talking to him 'like that'. I was at my station roughly 7 feet away, and could hear the Major yelling on the phone from where I sat. The Captain took the phone from his ear, looked at it, looked at me, winked, put the phone back to his ear and waited for the tirade to end, without saying anything. When the Major wound down, he said, levelly, "This is NAVAL Captain so-and-so..." Man, I swear you could hear a pin drop from the other side of the phone. The Captain then proceeded to lay the Major out, but he did it calmly, without even raising his voice. It was very...entertaining. My guess is that Major never took another call from a captain without remembering that incident.

Response by ENS Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 27 at 2016 6:44 PM

2016-08-27T18:44:29-04:00

Alright, so I may be a little off the mark on this one, but I feel the need to share.

At BUD/S Prep we always ran around in swim buddy pairs. My swim buddy and I were assigned to cleaning the instructor's office this particular day. We would run to the office, stand at attention outside their door, and ring the bell ONE time.

The instructors were always coming up with unique ways to screw with us. The day prior my classmate rang the bell and waited to be called in. The SEAL Chief says, you call that a ring?! Ring it like a man! So my classmate gave it a loud strike. The Chief comes out, looks him in the eye and says, "Like a MAN!" So my classmate gives it all he has and strikes it hard. The Chief cracks a smile and says, "Congratulations, you've rang the bell 3 times. Take a step inside and we can start your DOR paperwork." - He didn't actually get dropped, but the cadre seemed to get a kick out of it.

Anyway, back to the story. My swim buddy and I were standing at attention outside the office waiting to be called in when one of the SEAL Instructors comes out with a box of cupcakes. There is one cupcake in the box. He looks me up and down, then turns to my swim buddy and says, "here' have a cupcake." My swim buddy responds, "No thank you, Instructor!" The instructor says, "Eat the cupcake..." My swim buddy again responds, "No thank you, Instruct!" So the instructor takes the cupcake and violently throws it on the ground and shouts, "DROP!" We both drop into the pushup position. The instructor kneels down, and says, "You will take a bite of that cupcake everytime you push up." We start our pushups and my swim buddy is eating as much as he can. The cadre comes out and is laughing hysterically. The Chief steps out and stops us in the leaning rest. Looking down at my swim buddy he says, "If you can whistle, just once, I'll recover you both." My swim buddy tries to whistle with a mouth full of chocolate cupcake and starts spewing everywhere. The Chief and cadre lose their mind! We were recovered and had to swab the deck. I'll never forget it.

Response by CAPT Kevin B. made Aug 28 at 2016 12:32 AM

2016-08-28T00:32:38-04:00

Think I told this before but it's still funny. We had an O-6 Regimental Commander who had an all hands dress blues inspection out on Treasure Island. Problem was he forgot his tie. When he came out, voila, he had a tie. I finally figured it out when I glanced to the end of the line where the junior Ensign had a black sock stapled to his shirt. Skipper commented how squared away he was. Skipper also bought a few rounds that night; a good time had by all.

Had all sorts of antics like gassing the XO down in Antarctica but I know I told those sometime last year.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 31 at 2016 10:36 AM

2016-08-31T10:36:22-04:00

During Gen Ham's change of command leaving the 1st ID, he took the chance to lead the 1st ID Band as they played the theme song to the movie Stripes. Not one commander in the formation was standing tall during, because they were all bend over laughing their asses off. It took everything we (guide-on bearers) had to maintain composure and not drop the BN Colors.